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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Gaza Strip from Egypt in Rafah as a temporary ceasefire went into effect, Nov. 24, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
‘We’re bracing for what comes after’ the truce, MSF Gaza director says
Two robotic guns sit atop a guard tower bristling with surveillance cameras pointed at the Aroub refugee camp in the West Bank, Oct. 6, 2022.
Israel-Hamas war
Lapses in Israeli intelligence amid Hamas attack come as ‘a complete shock,’ says analyst
Drs. Abdulkhalek (center) and Farida (right) look on during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on the conflict in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Conflict
These two Syrian doctors survived the siege of Aleppo — and helped many others survive, too
Aleppo residents walk past a burnt bus in the city's rebel-held Seif al-Dawla neighborhood.
Conflict
Driving without headlights in besieged eastern Aleppo
Aleppo residents scan the scan the skies fearing an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.
Conflict
In besieged Aleppo, death from above can come at any moment
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter holds up a piece of clothing worn by an ISIS fighter on December 18, 2014. Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by ISIS.
Conflict
Kurdish fighters finally end the months-long siege of Mount Sinjar
A relative of a victim lights a candle during the first anniversary memorial service of the Westgate shopping mall terrorist attack in Kenya's capital Nairobi on September 21, 2014.
Conflict
Kenya considers its security on the anniversary of the Westgate mall siege
Kenya police and military officers control the temporary entrance erected at the Westgate shopping mall following the recent attack in Kenya's capital Nairobi.
Global Politics
Kenyan military accused of turning Westgate mall siege into shopping spree